I use Bunq here in the NL. I wish all banks would steal their APIs. The abilities I have as a dev are simply amazing.
Their API and app-centric approach seem to be the only upshots, and even then, other banks have relatively good apps these days.
I hate the fact that physical banks (and cash) are disappearing. I don't have complicated needs as to the digital services I consume, same as many other people. Then online banks become indistinguishable from the next, and it is ability to contact real people that sets them apart.
The situation with cash is overall very bad. Try to pay with a 100 Euro note in smaller cities. Almost no one will accept it, including banks. I regularly see very frustated tourists who with cash in hand are left out in the cold.